Type-writing machine.



PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

H. L. WAGNER. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.2, 1906.

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TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.2,1906.

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PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

H. L. WAGNER. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT.2. 1906.

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AssieNoR To UNDER- WOQD TYPEVVRITER- COMPANY, NEWYORK, N fJY., A' CORPORATION A on. NEW JERsEY.

TvPE-WRIT'INQ MACHINE.,

Nef-853,281.

` ASpeccatiion of Lettersl Patent.

Paten/Geeuw 14, 1 907.

l i ,y Application filed October 2, 1906. Serial No.l 537,076.

Teal?, whom/it may concern: f; .13e it known''that I, VIIERMR'N L. WAGNER, a citizen'of the United States, residing in Mount Vernon, in -the county of Westchester andf Statejoff-New"York, have invented certain' new and useful Improvements in Type- -Writing Machinesof whichfthefollowing is a dispose th'e hails v specification.y

'I his i.1`1vention relates princi `ally to that class of tabulating mechanisms or typewrit-` ing andother machines in which in ependently operable denomination keys are provided, althoughl certain features thereof may be applied to other tabulating mechanisms.

My invention is in .the nature of an improvement upon the construction shown-in my pending application No. 323,588, led- June 27th, 1906, in which the denomination keys'are shown mounted in,a row on the ends of .short armswhich extend forwardly from' er carriage, denomithe front bar of the pa nation stops being rigi ly connected to said arms and depressible independently one of another hy the keys to engage column stops provided upon. the framewor nation stops placed side by side at letter space intervals,A and. ach key arm with its stop forming a bail, the bails being of graduated sizesand .nested together in ltwo sets,

and key-bearing arms diverging. or fanning out at each side of the setofistops tefcompensate for the greater length ofther-Qw of keys.

One object ofthe invention .to form and so that the;I 'keysfshall stand in regular denoninational'order, referably with the keyV of' the highest denomlnation at `the left of/fthe system. To this end Ilplace 4some of-thekeys directly upon the stop arms,

ivhilea the bails'for the remaining keys vcross proper-'order in the row, even though they are mounted upon the outer bail-armsneSted= allnpen the inner-or stop-arms.

one another, so 'that their keys may have; the

the, twolsets ofv b ails are' comprised a large j bailcarrying a keyupon its stopearm, aisee-` i oi'id'fhail nestedfwithin'said largebail` and also c carrying a key u rality of crossed on its stopeaim, and a pluailsnested within said, seeondbail and carrying keys upon their' outer 5b' arms.

' lAnother object of the invention is to-make provision for additional stops and keys; and

or this Vpurpose I' provide an additional baily said denomi-` In each 'of arms, making ten stops in all, each of the ex- .'tra bailscrossing the four hails and having a.

key bearing arm, the extra keys being placed at the ends ofthe row. Said extra keys may however be omitted in some cases.

Another objectof the invention is to prevent accidental operation of the carriage releasing bar which extends along the denomination keyboard; and to this end I provide -a latch which may be moved into engagement with said-bar to -prevent movement thereof from normal position. v y

I employ' a plate to cover the" denomina.-v tion stop mechanism, and this plate I e011-, nect -wi'ththe carriage-releasing mechanism, so that the plate may-alsoserve to release the carriage when depressed, thus correspondingv infunction to the-release-bar shown in my said application.

Otheriobjects and advantages will'hereinafter appear.

y In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis va plan of the front upper portion of an Underwoodv typewriting I machine provided 4with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the parts seen at Fig. 1- but with the hundredskey depressed. Figr 3 is a sectional side elevation illustrating the simultaneous o eration of the) carriage-releasing late or ar and a denomination key. Fig. 4 isa rear perspective view -of the su ports of the denomination key and the late for the carriage-releasing cover- ,lateg' the -latter v shown Ain dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a plan of the cover-plate showing the openings' therein to receive the keys. l Fig. 6 is a vperspective view of two of the denomination keys and.

sto s.I Fig. 7 shows asystem of ten stops wit their keys the other views showing a system of only eight stops.

The usual cylindrical platen is illustrated.

at 1 and is mountedupon a shifting platen frame, (not shown), the latter mounted in the usual manner upon a carriage comprising \side bars 2 and 4front bar 4. *The carriage is `propelled by the'usual spring barrel 5 and strap 6, vand is rovided with a letter spacing rack 7 to mes with a vpinion 8, the latter forming part of the usual escapement or letterfeeding mechanism. Said rack is usually rovided atitsends with a pair of arms 9 Eingedat 10 upon the carriage frame and -iod provided with a forwardly extending de pressible arm 11, so that by depressing the arm, the rack may be raised clear of the pin-V. lon 8., and the carriage may run along freely under the intluence of the propelling spring 2 of the carriage and is provided wtha short" denomination-stop 25, and the remaining bails 26 and 27.

-dependently of the others.

. arm' v19, to vibrate alefver 20, and thereby dei press the arm 11 ofthe rock frame 7, 9, and release the carriage. By means of ears 22 and screws 22a Aa forwardly.' extending plate- 23' is fixed upon said shaft, so' that by depressing vsaid plate, the carriage may be released. This plate is of a size to `cover the mechanism, to protect the same from dust. ,A l Mounted loosely upon the carriage-releasing rock-shaft between theears 22 aretwo sets of bails of graduated sizes shown best.v at Fig. 1, the bails b'eingnested one within another,` andthe sets or bails being placed side by side, each bail depressible in- The largest bail in the left hand s'et is numbered 24, the rriet e. bails in the'other set are correspondingly numbered 23, 29, and 31. Each` bail comprises a'pair or arms 32 and 3 3, both arms extending forwardly from the rockshaft .15. The. arms 32 are straight and parallel and mounted at letter space intervals, and forni a series ore-ight denomination stops. The denomination keys 34 are mounted in VJfront of the stops upon extensions 35 which diverge forwardly from the bail-arms, such divergei'ice being nrwessary where the keys.. are mounted in a sinolc row as illustrated, since the length of sucn ron' is much greater than the widt Nol" the system'ol stops 32.

lt will be seen thatl the stops and keys'are' arrangedin the' same order throughout the system, end tli'at. the denomination of the keys proceeds 1n regular order beginning at the right hand with the decimal mark and inwill be seen that the 'largest ball in each set,

creasin' gto millions at the left hand end of the row. .v

The bails in one set correspond to those in' the other, but are oppositely disposed; and it as 24, or 23, carries a keyv upon its stop-arm, one ofsaid. keys marked"`.100 0 and the. other marked 100, said keys in the middle of the system. The second bailsj25 and 29 are nested within said largest bails', and carry upon their stop-arms the 'keys 10,000 and The remaining bails in each set are nested within said second bail,'lbut it will be seen that in this instance the third bail numbered 26 has a key-bearingextension, 35 di- Vverging from its outer arm 433, and also that the'fourth bail 27 isalso nestedwithin said second bail and crosses the third bail and'also Y struction and thisposition of the bails, ample length of bearingin'axial direction is secured for even the smaller bails, while the entire .set-of ,bails is kept within a small compass.

Springs 36. under the outerarms of the bails return ythe latter to normal positions. The

`fourv middle extensions-35 are branched out frein-the topsof the stop-arms v32 between the ends of the latter, as seen best lat Fig. 3,

, so that the vextensions when depressed may clear the 'adjoining stops which they overlie, as seen at. Fig. I

The brackets-1 7 is.'r`ormed at its rear edge with an u turned comb 37 to guide the bailarms; an the front edge of the saine plate vor bracket is also bent up to form a corresponding guiding comb 38 for the same arms. 1

In fo eration, any desired ldenomina-tion,

key is epressed, th/e finger at the saine time pressing down the cover-plate which is 'open `immediately in rear or its front edge portion to. receive the denomination keys,

each'ke'y preferably having a separate open-- ing 39 ,in the plate. l

drawn along by the spring 5 until arrested by y `the engagement of the depressed stop 32 with a column stop v40 provided upon the frame- The carriage is then work. The key and cover-plate are then relievedof ressure and the type'keys manipulated in t e usual manner, types 41 vstriking as usual on .the front ofi-the platen l. The. -'depressible cover-plate 23 may be .used for releasing the carriage for ordinary purposes,

as well las during the operationof tabulating IOO as -it forms a very convenient release'key.

The stops 40 are adjustable af'long a rack 42 mounted upon the framewerk, as setforth in my pending application N o.{ 315,60'9.

it will" be seen that the keys are not only mounted at the front of the' machine where they may be-conveniently seen and operated, but'als'o that they are below the line of vision. that is, the tabulating mechanism. doesnot 'come between the line of writing. on the .platen and the eyes of the operator.

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L lf it should be desired to prevent accideni tal depression ofthe carriage-releasing'coverplate 23, there may be lemployed a latch43, vFig. 4 rojecting from'the end of a bar 44 which as horizontal slots 45 to slide upon.

screws 46'whereby said latch' 43 may be slid under the 'edge ofplate'x23 to support the vsame against depression.

This device may also be used for other forms or release bars or keys. A stop 47 in the form of a hook may also be provided upon said latch to limit the upward movement of the release-plate caused by a returning spring 48. lThe bar 44 may also serve as a stop tolimit-thewupward sessel A.movements df the bails .caused by the springsl 36,'Fig. 3'. 4, As more than eight denomination keys are sometimes required, I show I at Fig. 7 one -Way ofadapting. the invention for the use of ten keys. This .is donein this instance by i, adding the iftli bail 49 lto -each'set of bails;

the before-mentioned stop-arms being located between thesto -arms 32a of. said fifth bails', j and 'each ofl t e latter crossing the -outer arms of the four Erst bails. Each of the' ifth bails has a forwardly extendin vergent arm. 35al mountedfat the outer si e of the iirst four bails andl carrying .a `denomina` tion-key 34a.l f Thus at the Fig.l 7 construe-.- tion the system'may be regarded'as comprisj' in two sets'ofl five bails in each set.

ariations may be resorted to the. scope ofjmyi invention, .and portions of my *improvements may be used without others.' Having thus described lmy invention,'l.

claim l. A tabulating mechanism includingfa I system of .bailsnested togetherfand hinged 'upon a `common axis, each bail consisti of a crossbar and a pairof arms exten 'ng i from said cross-bar and both hinged-iu on said axis, one. arm of each pairextending ory wardly -romlsaid axis and forming a denomi-4 nation stop, said`stops`-ranging'side byl side at a letter space intervals, a s stem of linger keys materially .wider than tje. systemof sto `s extensions rovi ed' upon certain of sai bailarms an [bearing` said keys, `the latter being arranged in regu- ,A

and forwardlydiver lar denominational order. I

v2. A tabulating mecha upon a common-axis, each consisting of a cross-bar and a; pai-r of arms extending over said cross-bai` and both hinged lu on .said axis, one arm ofeachf air exten ng fore wardly -from said axis 'an forming a denomination stop, said stops ranging side by side at letter space intervals, al system` of finger keys in a single row, and forwardlyidivergin extensions (provided upon certain 'of said. ailvarms an keys being arranged in the same regu' arde-A ,nominational order with the highest denomibearing said keys, the-.sto sand nation at the leftof the system.'

3.x A- tabulating mechanism including a.

system of bails nested together'and hinged upon a common axis,.each vconsisting of a cross-bar and a pair of arms extending' from said cross-bar and both hinged upon said axis, one' arm of each pair extending forwardly from said axis and forming a denomination stophsaid stops ranging side by side at letter space intervals, a system of ng'er keys, and forwardly diver ing extensions rovided f upon certain of sai bail-arms an bearing said keys, the latter being arranged in regular denominational order, said system of bails comprising two oppositely disposed sets,the

vwardly from. said axis an nation stopfsaidlstops ranging 'side by side at' 'letter space intervals, a system of iinger'ke s, and forwardly directed extensions provi ed nism including -laf system of bails nested ,togetherand hinged"- set of independently mova llargest in each set carrying a keyfnpoi'rits` stop-arm, and the remaining bails in each set being nested'within said largest bail..

4. lAi'tabulating mechanism-including a system of bails nested together and hinged upon a commonaxis', each bail consisting of afcross-bar and a'pair of -arms extending from said `cross-bar and both hinged. upon said axis, one arm of each pair extending, for

forming a denomiuponcertain ofy saidbail-arms and bearing said keys, said system' of bailscomprising two oppositely disposed sets, the largest bailin each set' carrying la key upon its stop arm, the

second bail in each set nestedgwithin. said largest bail land also carrying a key upon its stop arm, and' the remaining bails in each serJ being nested within said seeondbail andcar'-, 'rying keys .upon their outer arms'. l -5. A tabulatin -inechanism including e system .of bailsnested-together ,and hinged jupon a common axis,` each bailhaving apair arms both hinged upon said axis, the inner .arm-foi" each pair extending forwardly from saidfaxis and provided with a denomination stop, .said stops ranging side by side atA letter space intervals, a system of finger keys, and

vforwardly directed extensions provided upon the bail-arms andfbearing said keys, the la-'t- Ater being arranged in regular 'denominational orden-said system ,of bails comprisingv two oprpos'itely vdisposed sets, 'the largest bail in each `set carrying a 'key upon its stop arm, the second'hail in each set nested Within said `largest bail and also carrying a key. u on its stop arm.,y the' third bail in eachfset eing nested Within said second bailand having a key- IOO' bearing extension diverging from its outer arm, and the fourth'bail in .each-.set being also nested within the second bail and crossnomination stop,said stops ranging side by side at letter space intervals, a sys-tern of finger keys, and forwardly'directed extensions provided u on .the bail-arms and hearing saidkeys, t e latter being arranged in regular denominational order; certain of said extensionsbranching from the tops of their on a common axis, each bail having a pair stop-arms at points between the' ends of the 7. In a typewritinglmachine having a column stop and a power-driven carriage, the combination oi a denomination-stop mechanism mounted on the carria e and including a le keys anda set power'driven carriage, a tabulatirf .'mechan-""l ism including a system of indepen eI'1tlM p- .I ivot'ed upon'. a-y rocky shaft. `which isfniounte fu onsaiiifScarri'age, keys rigidly connectedeac Withonejof" said denomination stops, a .cover plate'j4 oveil .1 said stops and fixed upon said rock shaist and `vof said keys, and a carria e-.releasing' voperated by said rock-sha t, Y. nismincluding.

depressiblebyv the iinger When opera'tirglny combinat' on ofadenomination-stop 'mechanism mou ted on the carriage and-including a setfoi independently vmovable keys and afset of stops controlled'by said ke s, va depressible cover .plate mounted over sai'v denominationlstop mechanismsaid plate open immediately in rear of its front edge to receivesaid-keys, .4

and a carriage-releasing devicegoperableby..

said, cover plate.

era le denomination stops l10l A tablating 'mech Abails nestedtogether and hingedfup'on a comvl sof mon axis, each bail-'c'onsisti-n o fga' :cross-:bar 'and a pair of arms extending ori'vardly'irom' lsaid cross-bar and vboth hinged upQnsaid axis, one arm. of veaxch pa'ir vextending 'fori'l vvardlyv from said. axis and forming adenomination stop, said stops ranging side by side Vatrectly u'pon certainof said vbail arms'g'the4 larg est bail 'carrying a key upon its stolpf'arm,

(largest bail. .Y tabulatingmechanism including bails nested `together and hinged upon acomzof .a cro'ssb ar' and a pair of arms extending orvva'rdly fromand the remaining.bailsfnested said mon axis, each bail consisting saidvcross-bar and both-hinged upon said axis, one arm ofeach pair'extending' .for-

Wardly fromsaid axis' and forming a denomination stop, said stopsranging side by side at letter-space intervals, `.and keys mounted di-l rectly u'pon divergent extensions *provided 1 upon'certain of said bail arms; theI largest bail carrying a key upon itsv stop arm, the 'second bail nested Within said largest bailand `also carrying 4a'key' upon itsstop arm, and the remaining bails being nested Within the sec# ond bail,

212. kIn a typewriting machine,"'t.he combi',-

nation with-'a poWer-drivencarriage, of. a set of denomination keysl mounted upon the iront of said carriage and-movable independev ently of one another, denomination stops connected to said keys, a plate or bar extendso aste.A be operable by the same finger thatdepresses any key', carriage releasing evice mechanism operated by said bar, and-'a latch for llocking* said bar against accidental operl 13. In-pa' typevvritingmachine having af ".'power-driven carriage, a tabulating'mechanf. ism comprising a .system of independently. operable denomination stops ,-keyscormected' eachwith one ofsaidy denomination stops, i

springs-for returningsaid `stops to normal .po-

sition, ay vbar forming'a'rest against which lease bar or'. plate arrangedinproximity to 'saidkeys'to be' operated bythe 'finger when depressing said', keys, and a latch formed lupoi'rfsaicl rest, the latterfbeing movab'le 'to 'enable said latch/to v'lock the .release bar against'depression- 575'" said stops are pressed-by sard'spring'sVa rej 14.' In a. typewritingf.n1a-chine'- having, V

column stop and a powendrive'n carriage,

vthe combination' 'of v'a 1denomination-stop mechanism mountedon-.the carriage fand inf cludinga set oft independently movable keys', and' a :setof stops" 'controlled by said keys, .a

depressible 'cover plate;mountediover said' i' denomination-stop. fmechanfism', said" plate "open immediately in'rear.- of its vfront edge to receive said keys', a carriage-'releasing vdevice operable vby said cover-plate, and a latch for locking Saiq'. 'Cover'.plate' against'. ,acidental depression, Y

v 15'.` A 'ta ulating. mechanism including4 'a system 'of' ils nested together 'and hinged vupon a com onf axis,feach bailhaving a pair of arms both hinged uponsai'd'axis,.thie inner varmrifeach pair extending forwardly from 'saidfa'xis .and provided Witha denomination I f fstop,.,said stop's'ra'nging sidelby side at letter v space intervals,afsystemof finger keys, and

forwardly directed extensions rovided u on the bailfarms and bearing sai 'keys,-=the t- 'ter being arranged inregular denominational order,- said .systeml of bails comprising' two o'ppositelyl .disposed sets, thellargest 'bail in each' set carrying"-akey.. upon its stop arm,

the second. bail in each set nested Within-said 'largest4 bail and also carrying a' key upon its stop anni; thethird bail'in each set being nested lWithinsaid second'bail and `having a key-bearing extension l,diverging from its outer' arm', and lthe 'fourth bail in. each set lbeing also nested Within the second bail and crossing the'third bail and also having a key.

bearing extension diverginfy from its outer arm; and a fifth' bail in eaczh set; the vabove mentioned stop arms being locatedV between the stop arms of said fifth bails',v and each of they latter' crossing. the four first-mentioned'.

bails in each'se't andhaving a forwardly ex-. v

"tending and divergent' key-bearingarm mounted at the outer side of said foiir bails.

f1.6. tabulating mechanism including- .bails, one arm of each bail' having a stop i i ing. along the "series 'of keys and close thereto,

thereon;l said bails divided into two sets, certain of the bails in each setcrossing one another, and keys mounted .upon certain of ,the bail arms and having the same order as the sto s.

17. tabulating-,mechanisrnincluding a system of yten bails nested to' ether and hinged upon a common axis, each ail having a pair of arms both hinged upon said axis, one arm of ea'chpair extending forwardly from said axis and provided with a denomination stop, said stops ranging side by 4side at letter space intervals, 'a system of finger keys,. and forwardly diverging extensions provided upon the bail-arms and bearing lsaid keys, the latter being arranged in regular denominational order, said system of bails comprising two'oppositely disposed sets, the v largest bail in each set carrying a-key upon its stop arm, the se'cond bail ineach setnested within said largest bail and also carrying a key upon itsstop arm, and the remaining bails in each set crossing -one another and having key-bearing extensions on their outer arms. l

i 18. A tabulating mechanism including a set of bails ofgraduated sizes nested. together and hinged upon a 'common axis, each bail consisting of a cross bar and a pair.of arms connected thereby and both hinged upon said axis, the inner arm of each pair extending .forwardly from said axis and provided with a tain of said l l the form of. extensions provided upon certain denomination-stop, and key-bearing inembers divergin forwardly from the bails, cereybearing members being in of the-.sto'p-arms.

1 9.`- A tabulating mechanism including two sets of bails hinged upon a common axis, each bail consisting of a cross bar and a pair of arms 1connected thereby and both hinged upon said ,axis, the bails lin each set being of 'graduated' sizes and nested-together, the in ner 'arm of each pair extending fofwardly from said axis and provided with a denomivvnation-stop, all of said stops being mounted at let-ter space intervals, 'the bails one setbeing-'disposedoppositely from those in the other set, key-bearing members divergin forwardly to' thele'ft in oneset of..bails, an

key-bearing members `diver ng forwardly to theright inthe other 'set lo bails, certain of said key-bearing niembersbeing inthe form p' of extensions provided upon certain of the stop-arms.

' 20. A tabulating mechanism including aplurality of bails of' graduated lsizes nested together and vhinged upon .acoinmon axis,

each bail consistin .of a cross bar and a pair' of. arms connected y said cross bar and both i hingedlipon said axis, thek inner arm of each pair extending forwardly from said axis 'and lprovided with a denominati onestop, and key-y earing ymembers' upon all of said bails; certain of said key-bearing members being in the form of extensions provided upon certain ofthe kstop-arms.

21. A tabulating mechanism including two sets of lbails hinged upon a common axis, eachvbail-consistin of a cross b ar and al pair of arms connected y said cross bar and bothhinged upon said axis, certain of the bails in each set eing of graduated sizes'a'ndy nested together, the inner arm of each pair extending forwardly from saidI axis and provided with 4a denomination-stop, all of said stops being mounted at letter spaceintervals, the

` o ne set being disposed oppositely from those `in the other set, 'key-bearing extensions di.- l

verging forwardlyto the left fromertain of the stop-arms in one' set .of bails, yand keybearing extensions diverging forwardly to the right from certain. of thev stop-arms in the i from'the tops ofthe stop-arms at points between the ends of the latter.

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., B. C. STIQKNEY,

K. vliRANKFonT.

" other set of bails; said extensions branching 

